Interstate 595 in Broward County was brand new when Hurricane Andrew destroyed entire communities in western Miami-Dade in 1992. Suddenly, west Broward was flooded with displaced families moving into new neighborhoods. With the population explosion, I-595 became congested almost overnight.
The Florida Department of Transportation knew right away it needed to expand the newly built road, but the state possessed only half the projected $1.4 billion needed to do the job. It would have taken the FDOT nearly two decades to raise the money to complete the expansion. That was not an option, said Paul Lampley, the state’s I-595 construction project manager. What were the alternatives?
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